Lysimachia

food

(Nanjing folk herbs)

[synonyms] chagencai, aitao (a textual research on the name and reality of plants), Setaria (Nanjing folk herb), shangaoliang, shansuanjiao, huangshencao, Dahongpao, shanmawei (Guizhou folk medicine Collection), tongjincao, baihuapolygonum (Zhejiang miscellaneous records of traditional Chinese medicine (12): 311958), Polygonum (Guiyang folk herb), honggencao (Zhejiang traditional Chinese medicine resource list), Wild lotus seed, Hemerocallis heterophylla, golden pheasant, red head rope, water lotus seed, short foot lotus, barefoot grass (Jiangxi herbal medicine), red silk hair, tall foot sour grass, big sour rice grass, sour pot pot (Shaanxi herbal medicine), Pennisetum (Jiangsu herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root or whole grass of Primulaceae plant Huwei.

[plant morphology] Lysimachia hukunensis

Annual herbs. Stem erect, simple, ca. 1 m high. Leaves simple, alternate; ovate elliptic or broadly lanceolate, 6-14 cm long and 2-5 cm wide, base gradually narrowed, apex acuminate, margin slightly rolled back, sparsely hands and black spots on both sides. Inflorescence: racemose; pedicel 4-6 mm long; bracts linear subulate; calyx lobes narrowly ovate, apex pointed, margin thrust out, middle with black stripe; corolla white, about 5 mm long, lobes obovate, apex obtuse or slightly concave; stamens slightly shorter than corolla, filaments slightly hairy, base united; style slightly shorter than stamens. Capsule ovoid. The flowering period is April. The fruiting period is July.

It grows on hillside, roadside and stream grass. It's distributed across the country several times.

[collection] harvest in autumn. Fresh or dry.

[chemical constituents] there are many kinds of saponins in the root, among which primogenin A is primogenin A and primogenin a, namely camellia saponin a. The content of primogenin is 16%. The seed contains 32.24% fat oil.

[flavor] pungent and astringent, flat.

① "Jiangxi herbal medicine": "the nature is flat, the taste is pungent and slightly astringent. "

④ Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "sour and astringent, cool. "

Functions and indications: promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, promoting diuresis and detumescence. It can treat irregular menstruation, leucorrhea, infantile malnutrition, edema, dysentery, traumatic injury, sore throat and mastitis.

① "Blood dispersing" in the textual research on the names and facts of plants. "

② "Diuresis" in Guizhou folk medicine collection. Treatment of edema, infantile malnutrition. "

③ "Appetizer" in Wulong, Sichuan. "

④ "Regulating blood circulation and eliminating swelling" in Guiyang. "

⑤ "Zhejiang traditional Chinese medicine resources list": "treatment of back and limb sprain. "

⑥ "Clearing away heat and detoxification" is the key point of traditional Chinese Medicine Manual of Su Yi. For snake bite, mastitis, leucorrhea, carbuncle and furuncle, epistaxis. "

[usage and dosage] for internal use: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; for external use: decoction, washing or tamping.

[selection] 1. Treatment of irregular menstruation: Polygonum multiflorum, Caulis Spatholobi. Each: two yuan. A jin of wine. It's five to one or two yuan for each medicine and wine. (Guiyang folk herbs)

② Treatment of women's leucorrhea: Setaria. Fried soup. (records of Jiangsu medicinal materials)

③ Treatment of foot swelling: Polygonum multiflorum stem and leaf. Boil water and wash out. (Guiyang folk herbs)

④ Treatment of infantile malnutrition: Pearl root six money, an egg. Boiled, soup and eggs. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of aplastic anemia: Lysimachia 1 to 2 liang, tiger thorn 1 to 2 liang. Decoct water, remove the residue and filtrate, add one to two pairs of pork, cook and take one dose daily. If the abdominal distension is significant, add whole grass; if the skin is swollen, add gourd ladle, loach, wheat steamed bread, and proper amount of dried seeds. There was a slight dizziness after taking the medicine, but there was no need to stop taking it. (selected materials for investigation of unilateral and verified prescriptions)

⑥ Treatment of dysentery: half a jin of Lysimachia. Take it in water, one dose a day,

⑦ Treatment of traumatic injuries: five yuan for each of zhenzhucaigen and malangen. The wine is half fried.

⑧ Treatment of sore throat: fresh pearl root, fresh root each three money. Chop and mash, add the right amount of boiling water, and take the sauce.

⑨ Treatment of mastitis: Pearl root five money, seven. The wine is half fried. (6) Jiangxi herbal medicine is published below the prescription.)

⑩ Treatment of acute lymphangitis: red silk hair smashed external application. (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

(11) treatment of snake bite: Pennisetum. Smash the mixed liquor and apply it to the wound. (records of Jiangsu medicinal materials)

Chinese PinYin : Zhen Zhu Cai